While the cynical among us have long since known that politicians are masters of deflection and distortion, over the past week the Harper Conservatives have taken things to a whole new level.
First off, it was Foreign Affairs Minister Rob Nicholson blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin for the latest round of violence in Ukraine. This of course is nothing new for the Conservatives, as they have long since dumbed down the complex Ukraine crisis into Russia bad, Ukraine good.
However, this time around, it was anti-Russian Ukrainian fascists and neo-Nazis who attacked Ukrainian security forces. During the Aug. 31 riot, the right-wing …read more
Source: National Newswatch
